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Elie Seckbach talks to boxing star Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach
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The right cross will soon become your favourite punch because this punch is thrown from your preferred hand which is usually the strongest.
From the guard position, the right cross is thrown in a straight line to the target and comes back in a straight line to the chin. Unlike the jab which is more of an arm punch, the right cross is powered by a twisting motion of the torso and pivoting of the right foot.
As the punch accelerates, twist your hips and pivot on your right foot so your right heel swings outwards.
The right cross is a power punch but because of the weight transfer it can also leave you exposed without a boxer’s stance for a split second. This is why it is important to return back to guard as quick as possible.
You should never lead with your right cross – instead, probe your opponents defences with your jabs, create an opening then throw your right cross with power.
Practice the right cross on the heavy bag, using a light left jab to measure the distance, after the heavy bag, move onto a more mobile target like the focus pads, concentrate on maintaining your balance as the punch makes contact.
Keep practising and remember to visit UK Boxing Store for quality boxing equipment.
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Watch boxings pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, and his Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, discuss their approach for Mannys upcoming showdown with Junior Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton on Saturday, May 2, 9PM ET/6 PM PT, Live on HBO Pay-Per-View.
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1st round of Manny Pacquiao(32-2-0) vs Lehlohonolo Ledwaba(33-1-1). Ledwaba was originally supposed to fight former WBA champion, Enrique Sanchez, but Sanchez pulled out of the fight. Ledwaba decided to fight anyway, so Pacquiao took the fight on two weeks notice making his first fight in the US. This is Ledwaba’s 6th defense of his IBF Super Bantamweight title.
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Boxing gloves have been around in one form or another almost since the beginning of boxing 3000 years ago. The ancient Greeks used to wrap their hands in leather strips in an attempt to protect their hands. But there was no padding in these early boxing gloves, just leather to protect the boxer’s hands. Most people mistakenly assume that boxing gloves have always existed to protect the person being hit. But the bones in your hand are very small and fragile. The padding provided by boxing gloves is as much to protect the person swinging as to protect the person on the other end of the swing.
When the Romans picked up boxing as a sport from the Greeks they unfortunately turned it into a life or death type gladiator event. They continued to use Greek style leather strips as gloves. However, they hardened the leather and attached metal studs and spikes to the strips. As a result, in many ancient Roman boxing matches the loser ended up dead or permanently maimed.
This was too brutal for even the ancient Romans. They made boxing illegal in all Roman cities and provinces in 30 B.C. This distaste for boxing was so great in the Roman Empire that the ban continued in the entire Western civilization for over 1500 years.
When boxing finally reappeared in the late 1600s it was of the bare-knuckled variety. However, because of the more civilized approach taken to boxing it was not long before boxing gloves resurfaced as well. This time, padding was added. Jack Broughton, who was a British boxing champ in the early 1700s, is widely considered to be the inventor of the modern padded boxing gloves. However, these padded leather boxing gloves of the 1600s and 1700s were only used in practice and for informal boxing matches. The major public boxing matches were still bare-knuckle events.
But people were dying in these bare-knuckle matches, so something had to be done. Strangely, however, the boxing rules established in the 1700s and much of the 1800s did not require or even mention the use of boxing gloves. Boxers were very reluctant to give up the purity of bare knuckles fisticuffs. As a result, in many parts of the world boxing was banned in the 1800s and picked up its seedy reputation that continues today.
The beginning of the end for bare-knuckle boxing started in 1866 when John Graham Chambers in London published the now famous Queensbury Rules. Among other things, these rules required the use of padded boxing gloves for all boxing matches. By the beginning of the 20th century the Queensbury rules were used everywhere and bare-knuckles boxing was gone from established boxing events.
The last of the bare-knuckle boxing champions was John L. Sullivan. He lost his championship in 1892 to the first of the Marquise of Queensbury rules champions, “Gentleman Jim” Corbett. Not too surprisingly, the match was held under the Queensbury rules and both combatants wore padded boxing gloves.
Today boxing gloves are defined by weight. The heavier the boxing gloves, the safer they are for both contestants. This is not just because they are padded more. The higher weight means the boxers can’t swing as fast as they can with lighter gloves.
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Watch Junior Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton, and his dynamic trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr., reveal their thoughts about Rickys upcoming showdown with boxings pound-for-pound king, Manny Pacquiao, on Saturday, May 2, 9PM ET/6 PM PT, Live on HBO Pay-Per-View. For more, log on to HBO.com.
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